This notebook is for examining the current ratings on boardgamegeek.com with the aim of adjusting and computing different versions of these ratings. The main goal is to compute alternative ranks to adjust for a tendency of the BGG ratings to skew towards complex and recently released games. This is not a novel contribution, but this notebook aims to explain some of the considerations behind calculating different ratings for games as well as refresh these ratings frequently off by scraping the most up to data from the BGG API.
We’ll load in the active data we have from BGG and begin our analysis. There are a couple of different variables we’re interested in exploring: the average rating, the geek rating (bayesaverage), and the average weight, or complexity. For the average and geek ratings, votes can range from 1 to 10, while complexity ranges from 1 to 5.

If we plot average rating of games vs their complexity, we can see that a game’s rating is heavily correlated with its complexity.

We can also plot this with labels to pick out particular games.

The average rating is also a function of time, as we see a general rise in the average for more recently released games.

If we size games by their number of user ratings, we can see when we start to really see the number of user ratings for games take off.

Now, so far we’ve just looked at the average rating, which is simply the average of community ratings for a given game. Most people care about the Geek ratings, uses a combination of the community average and the number of votes. In order to get a high Geek rating, a game need to both be well rated (a high average) and have a high enough number of user ratings. We can get a sense of how games map on both of these dimensions via a visualization I have come to dub ‘the mountain’.

The geek rating is designed to capture a mix of being highly rated and popular. To achieve this, boardgamegeek used a form of Bayesian averaging, (roughly) starting every game off with a set number votes at a lower value which means that it takes a decent number of users rating the game to actually move the geek rating away from this baseline.
We can see this if we plot all games based on their average rating as well as their number ratings and size by the number of user ratings.

BGG hasn’t, to my knowledge, ever made it clear how precisely they compute the geek rating. I’ve seen other people try to reconstruct it, and the general consensus seems to be that they add about 1500 5.5 dummy votes to every game.

## `mutate_if()` ignored the following grouping variables:
## Column `.metric`
## # A tibble: 3 × 5
## # Groups: .metric [3]
## dummy_ratings dummy_average .metric .estimator .estimate
## <dbl> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
## 1 1900 5.5 mae standard 0.011
## 2 1950 5.5 rmse standard 0.02
## 3 1850 5.5 rsq standard 0.997
We actually get the closest with roughly around 1900 votes at 5.5. What are our misses when we use this as our formula? I’ve seen some people specualte it’s a function of the standard deviation.

It doesn’t look to be case, but it is interesting looking at the games where the actual geek rating is super different than my estimated version. Alien: USCSS Nostromo, The Fantasy Trip: Legacy Edition and the Binding of Isaac have really big differences, and if we look on BGG they all seem to either have a disproportionate amount of 1s or 10s. I wonder if in the Geek rating they filter out ratings from accounts that are flagged as just spamming ratings?
I’ve also seen people wonder whether they add more ratings to older/newer games. But I haven’t seen any real evidence of a difference by the yearpublished.
At any rate, we should be good to go by using roughly 1800 dummy votes at 5.5.
The geek ratings on BGG are highly influential, but they skew heavily towards very complex games. This means that “normal people” will have a hard time using the games that are highly rated on BGG.
If we look at the top 100 games on BGG according to the geek ratings, we can see that all generally fall on the heavier side in terms of game complexity.
yearpublished | game_id | name | rank | bayesaverage | complexity |
2017 | 174430 | Gloomhaven | 1 | 8.49 | 3.87 |
2015 | 161936 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2 | 8.43 | 2.83 |
2018 | 224517 | Brass: Birmingham | 3 | 8.42 | 3.90 |
2020 | 291457 | Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 4 | 8.27 | 3.60 |
2016 | 167791 | Terraforming Mars | 5 | 8.27 | 3.25 |
2017 | 233078 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 6 | 8.25 | 4.26 |
2017 | 220308 | Gaia Project | 7 | 8.17 | 4.37 |
2016 | 187645 | Star Wars: Rebellion | 8 | 8.17 | 3.73 |
2017 | 162886 | Spirit Island | 9 | 8.14 | 4.04 |
2011 | 115746 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 10 | 8.14 | 4.19 |
2015 | 182028 | Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 11 | 8.14 | 4.42 |
2016 | 193738 | Great Western Trail | 12 | 8.12 | 3.71 |
2005 | 12333 | Twilight Struggle | 13 | 8.11 | 3.60 |
2016 | 169786 | Scythe | 14 | 8.06 | 3.43 |
2020 | 316554 | Dune: Imperium | 15 | 8.03 | 2.99 |
2011 | 84876 | The Castles of Burgundy | 16 | 8.01 | 3.00 |
2018 | 167355 | Nemesis | 17 | 7.99 | 3.39 |
2015 | 173346 | 7 Wonders Duel | 18 | 7.98 | 2.22 |
2013 | 124361 | Concordia | 19 | 7.97 | 3.01 |
2007 | 28720 | Brass: Lancashire | 20 | 7.97 | 3.86 |
2012 | 120677 | Terra Mystica | 21 | 7.96 | 3.97 |
2016 | 177736 | A Feast for Odin | 22 | 7.96 | 3.85 |
2019 | 266192 | Wingspan | 23 | 7.94 | 2.45 |
2016 | 205637 | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 24 | 7.93 | 3.49 |
2021 | 342942 | Ark Nova | 25 | 7.92 | 3.74 |
2018 | 237182 | Root | 26 | 7.89 | 3.74 |
2015 | 183394 | Viticulture Essential Edition | 27 | 7.89 | 2.89 |
2019 | 266507 | Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated | 28 | 7.88 | 2.70 |
2018 | 199792 | Everdell | 29 | 7.88 | 2.81 |
2014 | 164928 | Orléans | 30 | 7.88 | 3.04 |
2020 | 246900 | Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy | 31 | 7.88 | 3.59 |
2011 | 96848 | Mage Knight Board Game | 32 | 7.87 | 4.33 |
2020 | 312484 | Lost Ruins of Arnak | 33 | 7.87 | 2.88 |
2015 | 175914 | Food Chain Magnate | 34 | 7.83 | 4.21 |
2002 | 3076 | Puerto Rico | 35 | 7.83 | 3.28 |
2013 | 102794 | Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 36 | 7.82 | 3.79 |
2019 | 285774 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 37 | 7.81 | 2.87 |
2015 | 170216 | Blood Rage | 38 | 7.81 | 2.88 |
2017 | 192135 | Too Many Bones | 39 | 7.81 | 3.85 |
2019 | 251247 | Barrage | 40 | 7.80 | 4.07 |
2007 | 31260 | Agricola | 41 | 7.80 | 3.64 |
2018 | 248562 | Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition | 42 | 7.80 | 4.62 |
2019 | 276025 | Maracaibo | 43 | 7.78 | 3.89 |
2018 | 247763 | Underwater Cities | 44 | 7.78 | 3.60 |
2019 | 256960 | Pax Pamir: Second Edition | 45 | 7.78 | 3.82 |
2017 | 221107 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 46 | 7.78 | 3.24 |
2016 | 205059 | Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 47 | 7.77 | 2.67 |
2019 | 284083 | The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 48 | 7.76 | 1.98 |
2019 | 271320 | The Castles of Burgundy | 49 | 7.76 | 2.98 |
2017 | 185343 | Anachrony | 50 | 7.76 | 4.01 |
2012 | 126163 | Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 51 | 7.74 | 3.67 |
2004 | 2651 | Power Grid | 52 | 7.73 | 3.26 |
2020 | 184267 | On Mars | 53 | 7.72 | 4.65 |
2017 | 216132 | Clans of Caledonia | 54 | 7.72 | 3.46 |
2015 | 55690 | Kingdom Death: Monster | 55 | 7.72 | 4.26 |
2016 | 209010 | Mechs vs. Minions | 56 | 7.71 | 2.43 |
2008 | 35677 | Le Havre | 57 | 7.71 | 3.73 |
2014 | 164153 | Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 58 | 7.71 | 3.30 |
2017 | 180263 | The 7th Continent | 59 | 7.69 | 2.90 |
2018 | 244521 | The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 60 | 7.69 | 1.95 |
1876 | 521 | Crokinole | 61 | 7.69 | 1.25 |
2017 | 161533 | Lisboa | 62 | 7.69 | 4.57 |
2015 | 125153 | The Gallerist | 63 | 7.69 | 4.26 |
2017 | 230802 | Azul | 64 | 7.68 | 1.77 |
2011 | 72125 | Eclipse | 65 | 7.67 | 3.70 |
2019 | 266810 | Paladins of the West Kingdom | 66 | 7.67 | 3.70 |
2020 | 314040 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 | 67 | 7.67 | 3.04 |
2016 | 191189 | Aeon's End | 68 | 7.66 | 2.79 |
2012 | 124742 | Android: Netrunner | 69 | 7.66 | 3.40 |
2006 | 25613 | Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization | 70 | 7.66 | 4.17 |
2007 | 28143 | Race for the Galaxy | 71 | 7.65 | 2.99 |
2016 | 201808 | Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 72 | 7.65 | 2.22 |
2014 | 159675 | Fields of Arle | 73 | 7.64 | 3.87 |
2012 | 121921 | RobinsonCrusoe:AdventuresontheCursedIsland | 74 | 7.64 | 3.80 |
2018 | 229853 | Teotihuacan: City of Gods | 75 | 7.64 | 3.77 |
2014 | 157354 | Five Tribes | 76 | 7.64 | 2.85 |
2015 | 171623 | The Voyages of Marco Polo | 77 | 7.63 | 3.19 |
2021 | 324856 | The Crew: Mission Deep Sea | 78 | 7.63 | 2.04 |
2010 | 68448 | 7 Wonders | 79 | 7.62 | 2.33 |
2016 | 200680 | Agricola (Revised Edition) | 80 | 7.62 | 3.49 |
2011 | 108687 | Puerto Rico | 81 | 7.62 | 3.27 |
2012 | 110327 | Lords of Waterdeep | 82 | 7.62 | 2.46 |
2015 | 182874 | Grand Austria Hotel | 83 | 7.61 | 3.22 |
2010 | 62219 | Dominant Species | 84 | 7.61 | 4.04 |
2021 | 295947 | Cascadia | 85 | 7.59 | 1.89 |
2019 | 264220 | Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon | 86 | 7.59 | 3.30 |
2018 | 236457 | Architects of the West Kingdom | 87 | 7.58 | 2.76 |
2012 | 122515 | Keyflower | 88 | 7.58 | 3.34 |
1995 | 93 | El Grande | 89 | 7.57 | 3.05 |
2005 | 18602 | Caylus | 90 | 7.57 | 3.80 |
2008 | 37111 | Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | 91 | 7.56 | 3.25 |
2005 | 12493 | Twilight Imperium: Third Edition | 92 | 7.55 | 4.25 |
2010 | 73439 | Troyes | 93 | 7.55 | 3.46 |
2009 | 40834 | Dominion: Intrigue | 94 | 7.55 | 2.42 |
2015 | 172386 | Mombasa | 95 | 7.54 | 3.89 |
2015 | 170042 | Raiders of the North Sea | 96 | 7.54 | 2.54 |
2019 | 269385 | TheLordoftheRings:JourneysinMiddle-Earth | 97 | 7.54 | 2.60 |
2013 | 146021 | Eldritch Horror | 98 | 7.54 | 3.32 |
2020 | 284378 | Kanban EV | 99 | 7.54 | 4.36 |
2016 | 203993 | Lorenzo il Magnifico | 100 | 7.53 | 3.30 |
We want a list of games that isn’t so heavily skewed towards complexity. We want to “control for” the influence of complexity on the rating. That is, if we take the variation in the average ratings that isn’t explained by complexity, which games still have high ratings?
To do this, we need the residuals from a regression of average rating on complexity - these will be the variation in game ratings that are not explained by complexity. We will fit the bivariate model on games published through 2021 and inspect the results.
term | estimate | std.error | statistic | p.value | conf.low | conf.high |
(Intercept) | 5.212 | 0.015 | 358.149 | 0 | 5.184 | 5.241 |
averageweight | 0.585 | 0.007 | 87.383 | 0 | 0.572 | 0.598 |
key | value |
r.squared | 0.27 |
sigma | 0.78 |
nobs | 20,951.00 |
The intercept indicates the average rating of a game with a complexity of 0, which is kind of nonsensical. The coefficient indicates the effect of a unit increase in the complexity of a game on the average rating. Putting these two together tells us that a game with a complexity rating of 1 would have a rating of 5.8. A game with a complexity rating of 5, meanwhile, would have a rating of 8.14.
The model indicates that the complexity of a game explains about 26% of the variation in average ratings (R-squared, which simply is the correlation coefficient (R) we saw earlier squared). So it’s not the only thing that matters, but it has a pretty sizeable impact on the average rating and the corresponding geek rating.
We don’t really care about the model per se, we just want to get the residuals.

The point of the residuals is that they are the variation in a game’s average rating that is not explained by complexity, meaning we will see no correlation between complexity and these residuals.

A positive residual in this case is a game that has a higher than expected average given its complexity. But, we can’t just adjust the ratings alone because it skews heavily towards games that have a highly inflated average rating due to a only having a handful of users.
yearpublished | game_id | name | usersrated | average | bayesaverage | .resid | averageweight | adj_average |
2019 | 290500 | Flip & Fish | 30 | 9.14 | 5.52 | 3.34 | 1.00 | 9.73 |
2018 | 236332 | Animator vs Animation | 48 | 9.06 | 5.50 | 3.27 | 1.00 | 9.66 |
2020 | 260037 | Composition | 41 | 8.96 | 5.52 | 3.17 | 1.00 | 9.56 |
2017 | 219666 | Ciudad de Cartón | 37 | 8.72 | 5.51 | 2.92 | 1.00 | 9.31 |
2020 | 281257 | Aeolis | 39 | 9.23 | 5.52 | 2.85 | 2.00 | 9.24 |
2018 | 228370 | TerroriXico | 70 | 9.41 | 5.50 | 2.74 | 2.50 | 9.13 |
2020 | 310846 | Urgency | 41 | 9.07 | 5.53 | 2.69 | 2.00 | 9.08 |
2018 | 198005 | Revanche | 50 | 8.73 | 5.54 | 2.64 | 1.50 | 9.03 |
2012 | 130357 | Go First Dice | 50 | 8.38 | 5.58 | 2.58 | 1.00 | 8.98 |
2019 | 284111 | Drinks & Daggers | 66 | 8.96 | 5.52 | 2.58 | 2.00 | 8.97 |
2005 | 20414 | RPGQuest: Greek Mythology | 45 | 8.80 | 5.51 | 2.58 | 1.73 | 8.97 |
2020 | 315219 | Black It Out | 73 | 8.32 | 5.55 | 2.52 | 1.00 | 8.92 |
2019 | 283152 | Monikers: Serious Nonsense | 249 | 8.30 | 5.85 | 2.51 | 1.00 | 8.90 |
2015 | 171500 | El Dorado Canyon | 30 | 8.74 | 5.52 | 2.50 | 1.75 | 8.89 |
2020 | 332943 | Archduke | 35 | 8.57 | 5.52 | 2.48 | 1.50 | 8.88 |
2020 | 309545 | Lucky Little Luxembourg | 37 | 8.69 | 5.55 | 2.47 | 1.71 | 8.87 |
2019 | 256885 | The Fantasy Trip: Legacy Edition | 389 | 9.33 | 5.73 | 2.46 | 2.83 | 8.86 |
2017 | 233951 | Vilar de Mouros | 36 | 8.23 | 5.51 | 2.43 | 1.00 | 8.82 |
2019 | 283151 | Monikers: Classics | 110 | 8.20 | 5.66 | 2.40 | 1.00 | 8.80 |
2014 | 160950 | The Badger Deck | 40 | 8.20 | 5.56 | 2.40 | 1.00 | 8.79 |
2015 | 203560 | Fall of Magic | 65 | 8.18 | 5.59 | 2.39 | 1.00 | 8.78 |
2009 | 151070 | Gladiatoris | 31 | 9.23 | 5.52 | 2.38 | 2.80 | 8.77 |
2018 | 263351 | Abstratus | 66 | 8.13 | 5.57 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 8.72 |
2006 | 26386 | RPGQuest: Oriental Adventures | 38 | 8.49 | 5.51 | 2.30 | 1.67 | 8.69 |
2017 | 221248 | Monikers: The Shut Up & Sit Down Nonsense Box | 365 | 8.10 | 5.96 | 2.30 | 1.00 | 8.69 |
We will adjust this using an approach similar to their Bayesian averaging methodology, adding 1800 ratings at the average of 5.5
We can put this all together to now look at games that are rated highly after adjusting for the effect of complexity. We’ll look at the top 250 to keep it simple.
published | game_id | name | geekrank | adjustedrank | rankdiff | geekrating | adjustedrating | complexity |
1876 | 521 | Crokinole | 60 | 1 | 59 | 7.69 | 8.08 | 1.25 |
2015 | 161936 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.43 | 8.01 | 2.83 |
2015 | 178900 | Codenames | 107 | 3 | 104 | 7.50 | 7.97 | 1.28 |
2018 | 254640 | Just One | 145 | 4 | 141 | 7.40 | 7.94 | 1.05 |
2015 | 173346 | 7 Wonders Duel | 18 | 5 | 13 | 7.98 | 7.93 | 2.22 |
2017 | 230802 | Azul | 63 | 6 | 57 | 7.68 | 7.88 | 1.77 |
2019 | 284083 | The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 47 | 7 | 40 | 7.76 | 7.81 | 1.98 |
2014 | 163412 | Patchwork | 101 | 8 | 93 | 7.52 | 7.79 | 1.62 |
2019 | 266192 | Wingspan | 23 | 9 | 14 | 7.94 | 7.78 | 2.45 |
2018 | 244521 | The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 59 | 10 | 49 | 7.69 | 7.77 | 1.95 |
2020 | 318977 | MicroMacro: Crime City | 209 | 11 | 198 | 7.29 | 7.73 | 1.13 |
2009 | 54043 | Jaipur | 154 | 12 | 142 | 7.39 | 7.72 | 1.48 |
2016 | 192291 | Sushi Go Party! | 216 | 15 | 201 | 7.27 | 7.71 | 1.30 |
2016 | 204583 | Kingdomino | 240 | 14 | 226 | 7.22 | 7.71 | 1.21 |
2011 | 92828 | Dixit: Odyssey | 244 | 13 | 231 | 7.22 | 7.71 | 1.18 |
2017 | 224037 | Codenames: Duet | 189 | 16 | 173 | 7.32 | 7.69 | 1.35 |
2018 | 225694 | Decrypto | 104 | 18 | 86 | 7.52 | 7.68 | 1.79 |
2009 | 46213 | Telestrations | 279 | 17 | 262 | 7.16 | 7.68 | 1.08 |
2014 | 165722 | KLASK | 248 | 19 | 229 | 7.21 | 7.67 | 1.08 |
2012 | 129622 | Love Letter | 297 | 20 | 277 | 7.14 | 7.65 | 1.19 |
2016 | 167791 | Terraforming Mars | 5 | 21 | -16 | 8.27 | 7.64 | 3.25 |
2008 | 39856 | Dixit | 310 | 22 | 288 | 7.13 | 7.64 | 1.21 |
2014 | 160069 | Ticket to Ride: 10th Anniversary | 99 | 23 | 76 | 7.53 | 7.62 | 1.90 |
2019 | 266507 | Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated | 27 | 24 | 3 | 7.88 | 7.60 | 2.70 |
2016 | 201808 | Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 71 | 25 | 46 | 7.65 | 7.59 | 2.22 |
2019 | 263918 | Cartographers | 114 | 26 | 88 | 7.48 | 7.58 | 1.89 |
2012 | 128882 | The Resistance: Avalon | 159 | 27 | 132 | 7.38 | 7.58 | 1.76 |
2017 | 174430 | Gloomhaven | 1 | 30 | -29 | 8.49 | 7.57 | 3.87 |
2020 | 316554 | Dune: Imperium | 15 | 28 | -13 | 8.03 | 7.57 | 2.99 |
2016 | 188834 | Secret Hitler | 210 | 29 | 181 | 7.28 | 7.57 | 1.67 |
2018 | 233867 | Welcome To... | 138 | 31 | 107 | 7.42 | 7.55 | 1.83 |
2016 | 209010 | Mechs vs. Minions | 55 | 32 | 23 | 7.71 | 7.54 | 2.43 |
2005 | 14996 | Ticket to Ride: Europe | 137 | 34 | 103 | 7.42 | 7.54 | 1.93 |
2014 | 156129 | Deception: Murder in Hong Kong | 212 | 33 | 179 | 7.28 | 7.54 | 1.59 |
1997 | 172 | For Sale | 324 | 35 | 289 | 7.11 | 7.54 | 1.26 |
2014 | 147020 | Star Realms | 132 | 37 | 95 | 7.44 | 7.53 | 1.94 |
2015 | 156546 | Monikers | 319 | 36 | 283 | 7.12 | 7.53 | 1.06 |
2020 | 291457 | Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 4 | 38 | -34 | 8.27 | 7.52 | 3.60 |
2018 | 199792 | Everdell | 28 | 41 | -13 | 7.88 | 7.52 | 2.81 |
2014 | 148228 | Splendor | 190 | 39 | 151 | 7.32 | 7.52 | 1.79 |
2011 | 92415 | Skull | 403 | 40 | 363 | 7.01 | 7.52 | 1.13 |
2016 | 205059 | Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 46 | 42 | 4 | 7.77 | 7.51 | 2.67 |
2010 | 68448 | 7 Wonders | 77 | 43 | 34 | 7.62 | 7.51 | 2.33 |
2018 | 244522 | That's Pretty Clever! | 144 | 44 | 100 | 7.41 | 7.50 | 1.88 |
2016 | 194655 | Santorini | 208 | 46 | 162 | 7.29 | 7.49 | 1.73 |
2016 | 198773 | Codenames: Pictures | 371 | 45 | 326 | 7.05 | 7.49 | 1.25 |
2011 | 84876 | The Castles of Burgundy | 16 | 47 | -31 | 8.01 | 7.48 | 3.00 |
2017 | 217372 | The Quest for El Dorado | 141 | 49 | 92 | 7.41 | 7.48 | 1.93 |
2018 | 239188 | Chronicles of Crime | 192 | 51 | 141 | 7.32 | 7.48 | 2.08 |
2016 | 199478 | Flamme Rouge | 220 | 50 | 170 | 7.26 | 7.48 | 1.70 |
2019 | 274960 | Point Salad | 396 | 48 | 348 | 7.02 | 7.48 | 1.16 |
2019 | 285774 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 36 | 53 | -17 | 7.81 | 7.47 | 2.87 |
2004 | 9209 | Ticket to Ride | 199 | 54 | 145 | 7.30 | 7.47 | 1.84 |
2017 | 232832 | Century: Golem Edition | 214 | 52 | 162 | 7.28 | 7.47 | 1.68 |
2019 | 266524 | PARKS | 122 | 56 | 66 | 7.47 | 7.46 | 2.15 |
2019 | 262543 | Wavelength | 410 | 55 | 355 | 7.00 | 7.46 | 1.11 |
2015 | 183394 | Viticulture Essential Edition | 26 | 62 | -36 | 7.89 | 7.45 | 2.89 |
2020 | 312484 | Lost Ruins of Arnak | 32 | 58 | -26 | 7.87 | 7.45 | 2.88 |
2017 | 199561 | Sagrada | 169 | 57 | 112 | 7.36 | 7.45 | 1.93 |
2000 | 822 | Carcassonne | 198 | 59 | 139 | 7.31 | 7.45 | 1.90 |
2013 | 158600 | Hanamikoji | 218 | 61 | 157 | 7.27 | 7.45 | 1.72 |
2013 | 133473 | Sushi Go! | 493 | 60 | 433 | 6.92 | 7.45 | 1.16 |
2013 | 124361 | Concordia | 19 | 66 | -47 | 7.97 | 7.44 | 3.01 |
2019 | 281259 | The Isle of Cats | 102 | 65 | 37 | 7.52 | 7.44 | 2.31 |
2018 | 260605 | Camel Up (Second Edition) | 288 | 64 | 224 | 7.15 | 7.44 | 1.46 |
1995 | 150 | PitchCar | 416 | 63 | 353 | 7.00 | 7.44 | 1.13 |
2018 | 224517 | Brass: Birmingham | 3 | 67 | -64 | 8.42 | 7.43 | 3.90 |
2019 | 282524 | Horrified | 157 | 68 | 89 | 7.38 | 7.43 | 2.04 |
2004 | 12942 | No Thanks! | 479 | 69 | 410 | 6.94 | 7.43 | 1.14 |
2012 | 110327 | Lords of Waterdeep | 80 | 72 | 8 | 7.62 | 7.42 | 2.46 |
2019 | 287954 | Azul: Summer Pavilion | 143 | 71 | 72 | 7.41 | 7.42 | 2.04 |
1999 | 50 | Lost Cities | 326 | 70 | 256 | 7.10 | 7.42 | 1.49 |
2011 | 70323 | King of Tokyo | 355 | 73 | 282 | 7.07 | 7.42 | 1.49 |
2015 | 182631 | Star Realms: Colony Wars | 184 | 75 | 109 | 7.33 | 7.41 | 1.91 |
2016 | 198994 | Hero Realms | 223 | 76 | 147 | 7.26 | 7.41 | 1.89 |
2009 | 41114 | The Resistance | 312 | 74 | 238 | 7.12 | 7.41 | 1.60 |
2019 | 253344 | Cthulhu: Death May Die | 116 | 77 | 39 | 7.48 | 7.40 | 2.40 |
2018 | 167355 | Nemesis | 17 | 80 | -63 | 7.99 | 7.39 | 3.39 |
2015 | 170216 | Blood Rage | 37 | 79 | -42 | 7.81 | 7.39 | 2.88 |
2007 | 31627 | Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries | 174 | 81 | 93 | 7.34 | 7.39 | 1.98 |
2014 | 160477 | Onitama | 269 | 78 | 191 | 7.18 | 7.39 | 1.68 |
2019 | 269385 | TheLordoftheRings:JourneysinMiddle-Earth | 94 | 82 | 12 | 7.54 | 7.37 | 2.60 |
2008 | 36218 | Dominion | 109 | 83 | 26 | 7.49 | 7.37 | 2.35 |
2009 | 40834 | Dominion: Intrigue | 91 | 84 | 7 | 7.55 | 7.36 | 2.42 |
2017 | 223040 | Fantasy Realms | 249 | 85 | 164 | 7.21 | 7.36 | 1.74 |
2014 | 164928 | Orléans | 29 | 89 | -60 | 7.88 | 7.35 | 3.04 |
2019 | 271320 | The Castles of Burgundy | 48 | 88 | -40 | 7.76 | 7.35 | 2.98 |
2019 | 274637 | Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume One | 241 | 87 | 154 | 7.22 | 7.35 | 1.90 |
1982 | 2653 | Survive: Escape from Atlantis! | 302 | 86 | 216 | 7.14 | 7.35 | 1.70 |
2017 | 219513 | Bärenpark | 307 | 90 | 217 | 7.13 | 7.35 | 1.64 |
2016 | 169786 | Scythe | 14 | 93 | -79 | 8.06 | 7.34 | 3.43 |
2019 | 271324 | It's a Wonderful World | 135 | 92 | 43 | 7.43 | 7.34 | 2.30 |
2014 | 147949 | One Night Ultimate Werewolf | 484 | 91 | 393 | 6.94 | 7.34 | 1.38 |
2019 | 277085 | Love Letter | 499 | 94 | 405 | 6.92 | 7.34 | 1.12 |
2016 | 191189 | Aeon's End | 67 | 98 | -31 | 7.66 | 7.33 | 2.79 |
2019 | 274364 | Watergate | 130 | 96 | 34 | 7.44 | 7.33 | 2.26 |
2017 | 209685 | Century: Spice Road | 283 | 97 | 186 | 7.16 | 7.33 | 1.78 |
2016 | 193042 | Junk Art | 456 | 95 | 361 | 6.96 | 7.33 | 1.22 |
2017 | 180263 | The 7th Continent | 58 | 100 | -42 | 7.69 | 7.32 | 2.90 |
2008 | 30549 | Pandemic | 118 | 99 | 19 | 7.48 | 7.32 | 2.41 |
2012 | 117959 | Las Vegas | 542 | 101 | 441 | 6.88 | 7.31 | 1.18 |
2016 | 187645 | Star Wars: Rebellion | 8 | 104 | -96 | 8.17 | 7.30 | 3.73 |
2015 | 170042 | Raiders of the North Sea | 93 | 105 | -12 | 7.54 | 7.30 | 2.54 |
2020 | 283155 | Calico | 176 | 103 | 73 | 7.34 | 7.30 | 2.20 |
2016 | 209418 | Dominion (Second Edition) | 194 | 102 | 92 | 7.31 | 7.30 | 2.17 |
2004 | 10630 | Memoir '44 | 156 | 106 | 50 | 7.38 | 7.29 | 2.27 |
2000 | 760 | Battle Line | 253 | 107 | 146 | 7.21 | 7.29 | 1.90 |
2005 | 12333 | Twilight Struggle | 13 | 110 | -97 | 8.11 | 7.28 | 3.60 |
2016 | 171131 | Captain Sonar | 178 | 112 | 66 | 7.34 | 7.28 | 2.18 |
2018 | 242302 | Space Base | 195 | 111 | 84 | 7.31 | 7.28 | 2.12 |
2020 | 294484 | Unmatched: Cobble & Fog | 255 | 109 | 146 | 7.20 | 7.28 | 1.96 |
1994 | 432 | 6 nimmt! | 607 | 108 | 499 | 6.81 | 7.28 | 1.20 |
2020 | 314040 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 | 66 | 116 | -50 | 7.67 | 7.27 | 3.04 |
2012 | 118048 | Targi | 129 | 114 | 15 | 7.44 | 7.27 | 2.35 |
2012 | 131357 | Coup | 555 | 113 | 442 | 6.86 | 7.27 | 1.41 |
2018 | 244992 | The Mind | 741 | 115 | 626 | 6.72 | 7.27 | 1.07 |
2017 | 233371 | Clank! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 110 | 118 | -8 | 7.49 | 7.26 | 2.53 |
2012 | 103885 | Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game | 133 | 119 | 14 | 7.43 | 7.26 | 2.49 |
2020 | 279537 | The Search for Planet X | 153 | 121 | 32 | 7.39 | 7.26 | 2.34 |
2018 | 249259 | War Chest | 180 | 120 | 60 | 7.33 | 7.26 | 2.31 |
2019 | 268864 | Undaunted: Normandy | 187 | 117 | 70 | 7.32 | 7.26 | 2.25 |
2015 | 181304 | Mysterium | 303 | 122 | 181 | 7.14 | 7.25 | 1.90 |
2008 | 36553 | Time's Up! Title Recall! | 466 | 123 | 343 | 6.95 | 7.25 | 1.19 |
2020 | 246900 | Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy | 30 | 125 | -95 | 7.88 | 7.24 | 3.59 |
2016 | 198928 | Pandemic: Iberia | 117 | 128 | -11 | 7.48 | 7.24 | 2.58 |
2016 | 196326 | Love Letter Premium | 516 | 124 | 392 | 6.91 | 7.24 | 1.30 |
2019 | 270673 | Silver & Gold | 552 | 126 | 426 | 6.87 | 7.24 | 1.18 |
2019 | 264055 | Draftosaurus | 568 | 129 | 439 | 6.85 | 7.24 | 1.26 |
2003 | 5782 | Coloretto | 586 | 127 | 459 | 6.83 | 7.24 | 1.28 |
2010 | 154597 | Hive Pocket | 182 | 133 | 49 | 7.33 | 7.23 | 2.29 |
2020 | 295486 | My City | 239 | 130 | 109 | 7.23 | 7.23 | 2.02 |
2014 | 157969 | Sheriff of Nottingham | 417 | 132 | 285 | 6.99 | 7.23 | 1.65 |
2018 | 245654 | Railroad Ink: Deep Blue Edition | 470 | 134 | 336 | 6.94 | 7.23 | 1.48 |
2014 | 153938 | Camel Up | 520 | 131 | 389 | 6.90 | 7.23 | 1.47 |
2018 | 236457 | Architects of the West Kingdom | 84 | 137 | -53 | 7.58 | 7.22 | 2.76 |
2015 | 172287 | Champions of Midgard | 112 | 139 | -27 | 7.48 | 7.22 | 2.60 |
2008 | 34635 | Stone Age | 134 | 138 | -4 | 7.43 | 7.22 | 2.47 |
2020 | 293014 | Nidavellir | 219 | 135 | 84 | 7.27 | 7.22 | 2.14 |
2017 | 215311 | Downforce | 365 | 140 | 225 | 7.06 | 7.22 | 1.74 |
2013 | 143741 | BANG! The Dice Game | 637 | 136 | 501 | 6.79 | 7.22 | 1.28 |
2016 | 193738 | Great Western Trail | 12 | 143 | -131 | 8.12 | 7.21 | 3.71 |
2016 | 205637 | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 24 | 146 | -122 | 7.93 | 7.21 | 3.49 |
2014 | 157354 | Five Tribes | 75 | 145 | -70 | 7.64 | 7.21 | 2.85 |
2018 | 230253 | Star Realms: Frontiers | 320 | 142 | 178 | 7.12 | 7.21 | 1.87 |
2007 | 34219 | Biblios | 393 | 141 | 252 | 7.02 | 7.21 | 1.68 |
2015 | 183251 | Karuba | 505 | 144 | 361 | 6.91 | 7.21 | 1.45 |
2014 | 169654 | Deep Sea Adventure | 696 | 147 | 549 | 6.74 | 7.21 | 1.17 |
2017 | 206718 | Ethnos | 263 | 152 | 111 | 7.19 | 7.20 | 2.03 |
2011 | 70919 | Takenoko | 313 | 150 | 163 | 7.12 | 7.20 | 1.97 |
2020 | 298047 | Marvel United | 376 | 149 | 227 | 7.05 | 7.20 | 1.82 |
2018 | 256952 | Zombie Kidz Evolution | 498 | 148 | 350 | 6.92 | 7.20 | 1.39 |
1999 | 1353 | Time's Up! | 575 | 151 | 424 | 6.84 | 7.20 | 1.20 |
2011 | 91514 | Rhino Hero | 798 | 153 | 645 | 6.68 | 7.20 | 1.02 |
2019 | 262712 | Res Arcana | 124 | 155 | -31 | 7.46 | 7.19 | 2.61 |
2010 | 98778 | Hanabi | 437 | 157 | 280 | 6.97 | 7.19 | 1.69 |
2005 | 20100 | Wits & Wagers | 674 | 154 | 520 | 6.76 | 7.19 | 1.21 |
2005 | 15512 | Diamant | 776 | 156 | 620 | 6.69 | 7.19 | 1.11 |
2002 | 3076 | Puerto Rico | 34 | 161 | -127 | 7.83 | 7.18 | 3.28 |
1991 | 215 | Tichu | 197 | 162 | 35 | 7.31 | 7.18 | 2.34 |
2016 | 199042 | Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle | 322 | 159 | 163 | 7.11 | 7.18 | 2.09 |
2017 | 230914 | Carcassonne Big Box 6 | 381 | 163 | 218 | 7.04 | 7.18 | 1.98 |
2017 | 221965 | The Fox in the Forest | 472 | 158 | 314 | 6.94 | 7.18 | 1.58 |
2015 | 168584 | Love Letter: Batman | 626 | 160 | 466 | 6.79 | 7.18 | 1.20 |
2017 | 233078 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 6 | 164 | -158 | 8.25 | 7.17 | 4.26 |
2017 | 221107 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 45 | 167 | -122 | 7.78 | 7.17 | 3.24 |
2015 | 176189 | Zombicide: Black Plague | 203 | 174 | 29 | 7.29 | 7.17 | 2.50 |
2012 | 129437 | Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game | 204 | 168 | 36 | 7.29 | 7.17 | 2.44 |
2020 | 302723 | Forgotten Waters | 282 | 171 | 111 | 7.16 | 7.17 | 2.10 |
1999 | 372 | Schotten Totten | 400 | 166 | 234 | 7.02 | 7.17 | 1.72 |
1997 | 11 | Bohnanza | 485 | 165 | 320 | 6.93 | 7.17 | 1.67 |
2014 | 156009 | Port Royal | 488 | 173 | 315 | 6.93 | 7.17 | 1.62 |
2012 | 121288 | Dixit: Journey | 587 | 170 | 417 | 6.83 | 7.17 | 1.26 |
2012 | 135779 | A Fake Artist Goes to New York | 666 | 169 | 497 | 6.77 | 7.17 | 1.14 |
1980 | 41 | Can't Stop | 758 | 172 | 586 | 6.70 | 7.17 | 1.15 |
1982 | 2511 | SherlockHolmsCnsltngDtctv:ThThmsMrdrs&OthrCss | 121 | 175 | -54 | 7.47 | 7.15 | 2.67 |
2015 | 176494 | Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King | 226 | 176 | 50 | 7.26 | 7.15 | 2.25 |
2019 | 264220 | Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon | 83 | 186 | -103 | 7.59 | 7.14 | 3.30 |
2017 | 218417 | Aeon's End: War Eternal | 111 | 179 | -68 | 7.49 | 7.14 | 2.94 |
2016 | 189932 | Tyrants of the Underdark | 175 | 183 | -8 | 7.34 | 7.14 | 2.55 |
1999 | 12 | Ra | 193 | 180 | 13 | 7.31 | 7.14 | 2.35 |
2020 | 293141 | King of Tokyo: Dark Edition | 464 | 182 | 282 | 6.95 | 7.14 | 1.65 |
1995 | 220 | High Society | 550 | 184 | 366 | 6.87 | 7.14 | 1.50 |
2015 | 163166 | One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak | 571 | 177 | 394 | 6.84 | 7.14 | 1.41 |
2014 | 166384 | Spyfall | 750 | 181 | 569 | 6.71 | 7.14 | 1.24 |
2012 | 131260 | Qwixx | 819 | 185 | 634 | 6.67 | 7.14 | 1.11 |
2017 | 207830 | 5-Minute Dungeon | 853 | 178 | 675 | 6.64 | 7.14 | 1.11 |
2007 | 28143 | Race for the Galaxy | 70 | 190 | -120 | 7.65 | 7.13 | 2.99 |
2014 | 146652 | LegendaryEncounters:AnAlienDeckBuildingGame | 131 | 188 | -57 | 7.44 | 7.13 | 2.70 |
2014 | 148949 | Istanbul | 139 | 192 | -53 | 7.42 | 7.13 | 2.59 |
1992 | 118 | Modern Art | 221 | 191 | 30 | 7.26 | 7.13 | 2.30 |
2017 | 194594 | Dice Forge | 372 | 189 | 183 | 7.05 | 7.13 | 1.97 |
2013 | 150145 | Skull King | 448 | 193 | 255 | 6.96 | 7.13 | 1.71 |
1800 | 45 | Perudo | 734 | 187 | 547 | 6.72 | 7.13 | 1.26 |
2016 | 155821 | Inis | 106 | 198 | -92 | 7.51 | 7.12 | 2.88 |
2020 | 306735 | Under Falling Skies | 200 | 194 | 6 | 7.30 | 7.12 | 2.46 |
2015 | 163967 | Tiny Epic Galaxies | 290 | 202 | 88 | 7.15 | 7.12 | 2.15 |
2018 | 244271 | Dice Throne: Season Two – Battle Chest | 337 | 195 | 142 | 7.09 | 7.12 | 2.16 |
2018 | 251658 | Sprawlopolis | 392 | 197 | 195 | 7.02 | 7.12 | 1.84 |
2014 | 158899 | Colt Express | 430 | 200 | 230 | 6.97 | 7.12 | 1.82 |
2015 | 180974 | Potion Explosion | 471 | 199 | 272 | 6.94 | 7.12 | 1.75 |
2012 | 113294 | Escape: The Curse of the Temple | 602 | 201 | 401 | 6.81 | 7.12 | 1.48 |
2011 | 153016 | Telestrations: 12 Player Party Pack | 627 | 196 | 431 | 6.79 | 7.12 | 1.07 |
2014 | 164153 | Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 57 | 207 | -150 | 7.71 | 7.11 | 3.30 |
2018 | 233398 | Endeavor: Age of Sail | 127 | 203 | -76 | 7.44 | 7.11 | 2.81 |
2008 | 39463 | Cosmic Encounter | 167 | 206 | -39 | 7.36 | 7.11 | 2.58 |
2007 | 31481 | Galaxy Trucker | 224 | 209 | 15 | 7.26 | 7.11 | 2.33 |
2018 | 246192 | Gizmos | 336 | 205 | 131 | 7.09 | 7.11 | 2.01 |
2018 | 256226 | Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra | 351 | 210 | 141 | 7.07 | 7.11 | 2.01 |
2007 | 28023 | Jamaica | 532 | 208 | 324 | 6.89 | 7.11 | 1.65 |
2017 | 218333 | Rhino Hero: Super Battle | 710 | 204 | 506 | 6.73 | 7.11 | 1.11 |
2014 | 155362 | Ca$h 'n Guns (Second Edition) | 777 | 211 | 566 | 6.69 | 7.11 | 1.25 |
2017 | 162886 | Spirit Island | 9 | 213 | -204 | 8.14 | 7.10 | 4.04 |
2011 | 108687 | Puerto Rico | 79 | 212 | -133 | 7.62 | 7.10 | 3.27 |
2014 | 132531 | Roll for the Galaxy | 108 | 215 | -107 | 7.49 | 7.10 | 2.78 |
2016 | 169426 | Roll Player | 211 | 216 | -5 | 7.28 | 7.10 | 2.42 |
2015 | 140934 | Arboretum | 292 | 214 | 78 | 7.15 | 7.10 | 2.15 |
2018 | 246784 | Cryptid | 275 | 217 | 58 | 7.17 | 7.09 | 2.22 |
2004 | 16747 | Tumblin-Dice | 775 | 218 | 557 | 6.69 | 7.09 | 1.04 |
2016 | 177524 | ICECOOL | 937 | 219 | 718 | 6.59 | 7.09 | 1.03 |
2011 | 115746 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 10 | 221 | -211 | 8.14 | 7.08 | 4.19 |
2014 | 155068 | Arcadia Quest | 222 | 220 | 2 | 7.26 | 7.08 | 2.53 |
2019 | 265736 | Tiny Towns | 348 | 222 | 126 | 7.07 | 7.07 | 2.07 |
2015 | 175117 | Celestia | 760 | 223 | 537 | 6.70 | 7.07 | 1.33 |
2004 | 2651 | Power Grid | 51 | 224 | -173 | 7.73 | 7.06 | 3.26 |
2019 | 271896 | Star Wars: Outer Rim | 245 | 225 | 20 | 7.22 | 7.06 | 2.49 |
2000 | 2655 | Hive | 266 | 226 | 40 | 7.19 | 7.06 | 2.32 |
2014 | 155426 | Castles of Mad King Ludwig | 163 | 231 | -68 | 7.37 | 7.05 | 2.66 |
2018 | 223321 | Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game | 186 | 229 | -43 | 7.32 | 7.05 | 2.74 |
2015 | 176920 | Mission: Red Planet (Second Edition) | 308 | 230 | 78 | 7.13 | 7.05 | 2.20 |
2019 | 264241 | Mandala | 436 | 228 | 208 | 6.97 | 7.05 | 1.80 |
2020 | 260180 | Project L | 566 | 227 | 339 | 6.85 | 7.05 | 1.54 |
1995 | 93 | El Grande | 86 | 234 | -148 | 7.57 | 7.04 | 3.05 |
2006 | 14105 | Commands & Colors: Ancients | 172 | 232 | -60 | 7.35 | 7.04 | 2.69 |
2015 | 172081 | Burgle Bros. | 281 | 233 | 48 | 7.16 | 7.04 | 2.32 |
2017 | 192135 | Too Many Bones | 38 | 240 | -202 | 7.81 | 7.03 | 3.85 |
2015 | 171623 | The Voyages of Marco Polo | 76 | 241 | -165 | 7.63 | 7.03 | 3.19 |
2015 | 146508 | T.I.M.E Stories | 201 | 236 | -35 | 7.30 | 7.03 | 2.60 |
2017 | 184921 | Bunny Kingdom | 315 | 239 | 76 | 7.12 | 7.03 | 2.27 |
2014 | 166669 | San Juan (Second Edition) | 362 | 235 | 127 | 7.06 | 7.03 | 2.07 |
2016 | 205398 | Citadels | 444 | 237 | 207 | 6.96 | 7.03 | 2.00 |
2014 | 156336 | Onirim (Second Edition) | 641 | 238 | 403 | 6.78 | 7.03 | 1.57 |
2011 | 25021 | Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan | 171 | 246 | -75 | 7.35 | 7.02 | 2.80 |
2016 | 188866 | Awkward Guests | 318 | 248 | 70 | 7.12 | 7.02 | 2.31 |
2016 | 204305 | ShrlckHlmsCnsltngDtctv:JckthRppr&WstEndAdvntr | 349 | 245 | 104 | 7.07 | 7.02 | 2.20 |
2015 | 161614 | Stockpile | 377 | 249 | 128 | 7.05 | 7.02 | 2.12 |
2005 | 16992 | Tsuro | 1,001 | 244 | 757 | 6.55 | 7.02 | 1.23 |
2004 | 11971 | Cockroach Poker | 1,005 | 242 | 763 | 6.55 | 7.02 | 1.11 |
2005 | 17329 | Animal Upon Animal | 1,009 | 243 | 766 | 6.54 | 7.02 | 1.04 |
1992 | 327 | Loopin' Louie | 1,027 | 247 | 780 | 6.54 | 7.02 | 1.05 |
2016 | 177736 | A Feast for Odin | 22 | 254 | -232 | 7.96 | 7.01 | 3.85 |
This gets us a list of games that is wildly different than before, and it’s a list of games that are much more palatable to “normal people”. In my mind, Crokinole taking the top spot makes a ton of sense and I will die on this hill.
I’ll make an interactive table here so it’s easy to search for games and compare how games stack up on the different rankings.
Which games have moved up and down the most? We can look at the difference between the BGG Rank and the Complexity adjusted ranks.

We want to focus in on the games that see a positive and negative shift in particular. Let’s look at the games that are penalized the most.
date | name | averageweight | geekrating | adjustedrating | rating_diff |
2022-04-27 | Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 4.42 | 8.14 | 6.87 | -1.27 |
2022-04-27 | On Mars | 4.65 | 7.72 | 6.50 | -1.22 |
2022-04-27 | Gaia Project | 4.37 | 8.17 | 6.96 | -1.21 |
2022-04-27 | Mage Knight Board Game | 4.33 | 7.87 | 6.67 | -1.20 |
2022-04-27 | Lisboa | 4.57 | 7.69 | 6.49 | -1.19 |
2022-04-27 | Food Chain Magnate | 4.21 | 7.83 | 6.70 | -1.13 |
2022-04-27 | Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization | 4.17 | 7.66 | 6.53 | -1.13 |
2022-04-27 | Twilight Imperium: Third Edition | 4.25 | 7.55 | 6.42 | -1.13 |
2022-04-27 | The Gallerist | 4.26 | 7.69 | 6.57 | -1.11 |
2022-04-27 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 4.26 | 8.25 | 7.17 | -1.08 |
2022-04-27 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 4.19 | 8.14 | 7.08 | -1.07 |
2022-04-27 | Dominant Species | 4.04 | 7.61 | 6.55 | -1.06 |
2022-04-27 | Kanban: Driver's Edition | 4.36 | 7.29 | 6.24 | -1.05 |
2022-04-27 | Spirit Island | 4.04 | 8.14 | 7.10 | -1.04 |
2022-04-27 | Terra Mystica | 3.97 | 7.96 | 6.91 | -1.04 |
2022-04-27 | Trickerion: Legends of Illusion | 4.22 | 7.48 | 6.45 | -1.03 |
2022-04-27 | Die Macher | 4.32 | 7.10 | 6.08 | -1.02 |
2022-04-27 | Barrage | 4.07 | 7.80 | 6.81 | -1.00 |
2022-04-27 | Brass: Birmingham | 3.90 | 8.42 | 7.43 | -0.99 |
2022-04-27 | Brass: Lancashire | 3.86 | 7.97 | 6.98 | -0.98 |
2022-04-27 | Anachrony | 4.01 | 7.76 | 6.78 | -0.98 |
2022-04-27 | Alchemists | 3.91 | 7.44 | 6.47 | -0.97 |
2022-04-27 | Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition | 4.62 | 7.80 | 6.84 | -0.95 |
2022-04-27 | Antiquity | 4.31 | 7.17 | 6.22 | -0.95 |
2022-04-27 | A Feast for Odin | 3.85 | 7.96 | 7.01 | -0.95 |
2022-04-27 | Advanced Squad Leader | 4.74 | 7.06 | 6.11 | -0.95 |
2022-04-27 | Mombasa | 3.89 | 7.54 | 6.61 | -0.94 |
2022-04-27 | Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 3.79 | 7.82 | 6.88 | -0.94 |
2022-04-27 | Caylus | 3.80 | 7.57 | 6.63 | -0.94 |
2022-04-27 | Madeira | 4.29 | 6.96 | 6.03 | -0.93 |
2022-04-27 | Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island | 3.80 | 7.64 | 6.71 | -0.93 |
2022-04-27 | 1830: Railways & Robber Barons | 4.16 | 7.25 | 6.32 | -0.93 |
2022-04-27 | Age of Steam | 3.89 | 7.44 | 6.52 | -0.93 |
2022-04-27 | Gloomhaven | 3.87 | 8.49 | 7.57 | -0.93 |
2022-04-27 | Ora et Labora | 3.89 | 7.37 | 6.44 | -0.93 |
2022-04-27 | Le Havre | 3.73 | 7.71 | 6.78 | -0.93 |
2022-04-27 | Maracaibo | 3.89 | 7.78 | 6.86 | -0.92 |
2022-04-27 | Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game | 3.89 | 7.14 | 6.22 | -0.92 |
2022-04-27 | Vinhos | 4.21 | 6.92 | 6.00 | -0.92 |
2022-04-27 | Great Western Trail | 3.71 | 8.12 | 7.21 | -0.91 |
2022-04-27 | Go | 3.94 | 7.32 | 6.41 | -0.91 |
2022-04-27 | Fields of Arle | 3.87 | 7.64 | 6.75 | -0.90 |
2022-04-27 | Kanban EV | 4.36 | 7.54 | 6.65 | -0.89 |
2022-04-27 | Feudum | 4.60 | 6.80 | 5.91 | -0.89 |
2022-04-27 | Teotihuacan: City of Gods | 3.77 | 7.64 | 6.75 | -0.89 |
2022-04-27 | Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 3.67 | 7.74 | 6.85 | -0.89 |
2022-04-27 | The Republic of Rome | 4.35 | 6.85 | 5.97 | -0.89 |
2022-04-27 | Root | 3.74 | 7.89 | 7.01 | -0.88 |
2022-04-27 | Vinhos Deluxe Edition | 4.06 | 7.47 | 6.59 | -0.88 |
2022-04-27 | War of the Ring | 3.84 | 7.40 | 6.53 | -0.87 |
This list makes a lot of sense to me - the ratings themselves are still pretty good for some of these games, but these are all very, very heavy games. A lot of Vital Lacerda showing up in here, which to me epitomizes the disconnect between Geek Ratings and ‘ratings for people who fun games’. The former is heavily slanted towards people who relish complexity, whereas the latter is slanted towards games that provide heavy bang for their buck in terms of their weight.
The list of games that go up the most is on the other hand very light, party games. Even with the boost from being simple, many of these games still aren’t rated that highly, though some notable ones (Monikers, MicroMacro, KLASK, Just One) end up near the top of the overall list.
date | name | averageweight | geekrating | adjustedrating | rating_diff |
2022-04-27 | Exploding Kittens | 1.08 | 5.86 | 6.52 | 0.66 |
2022-04-27 | Escape the Dark Castle | 1.22 | 6.38 | 6.99 | 0.61 |
2022-04-27 | UNO | 1.11 | 5.32 | 5.92 | 0.60 |
2022-04-27 | Cards Against Humanity | 1.19 | 5.67 | 6.27 | 0.60 |
2022-04-27 | Exploding Kittens: NSFW Deck | 1.08 | 5.97 | 6.56 | 0.59 |
2022-04-27 | The Game of Life | 1.17 | 4.32 | 4.90 | 0.58 |
2022-04-27 | Spot it! | 1.03 | 6.42 | 7.00 | 0.57 |
2022-04-27 | Zombie Dice | 1.10 | 6.08 | 6.64 | 0.55 |
2022-04-27 | The Mind | 1.07 | 6.72 | 7.27 | 0.55 |
2022-04-27 | Apples to Apples | 1.16 | 5.68 | 6.22 | 0.54 |
2022-04-27 | Just One | 1.05 | 7.40 | 7.94 | 0.53 |
2022-04-27 | Virus! | 1.02 | 6.27 | 6.80 | 0.53 |
2022-04-27 | Sushi Go! | 1.16 | 6.92 | 7.45 | 0.52 |
2022-04-27 | Jenga | 1.11 | 5.55 | 6.07 | 0.52 |
2022-04-27 | Telestrations | 1.08 | 7.16 | 7.68 | 0.52 |
2022-04-27 | Jungle Speed | 1.14 | 6.30 | 6.82 | 0.52 |
2022-04-27 | Love Letter | 1.19 | 7.14 | 7.65 | 0.52 |
2022-04-27 | Rhino Hero | 1.02 | 6.68 | 7.20 | 0.51 |
2022-04-27 | Dixit | 1.21 | 7.13 | 7.64 | 0.51 |
2022-04-27 | Skull | 1.13 | 7.01 | 7.52 | 0.50 |
2022-04-27 | ICECOOL | 1.03 | 6.59 | 7.09 | 0.50 |
2022-04-27 | 5-Minute Dungeon | 1.11 | 6.64 | 7.14 | 0.50 |
2022-04-27 | Joking Hazard | 1.03 | 6.05 | 6.55 | 0.50 |
2022-04-27 | Diamant | 1.11 | 6.69 | 7.19 | 0.50 |
2022-04-27 | Dixit: Odyssey | 1.18 | 7.22 | 7.71 | 0.49 |
2022-04-27 | Kingdomino | 1.21 | 7.22 | 7.71 | 0.49 |
2022-04-27 | No Thanks! | 1.14 | 6.94 | 7.43 | 0.49 |
2022-04-27 | Loopin' Louie | 1.05 | 6.54 | 7.02 | 0.48 |
2022-04-27 | Sorry! | 1.16 | 4.65 | 5.13 | 0.48 |
2022-04-27 | Animal Upon Animal | 1.04 | 6.54 | 7.02 | 0.48 |
2022-04-27 | Cockroach Poker | 1.11 | 6.55 | 7.02 | 0.48 |
2022-04-27 | Tsuro | 1.23 | 6.55 | 7.02 | 0.48 |
2022-04-27 | Yahtzee | 1.19 | 5.38 | 5.86 | 0.47 |
2022-04-27 | Pass the Pigs | 1.06 | 5.37 | 5.85 | 0.47 |
2022-04-27 | Qwixx | 1.11 | 6.67 | 7.14 | 0.47 |
2022-04-27 | 6 nimmt! | 1.20 | 6.81 | 7.28 | 0.47 |
2022-04-27 | Age of War | 1.11 | 6.22 | 6.69 | 0.47 |
2022-04-27 | Codenames | 1.28 | 7.50 | 7.97 | 0.47 |
2022-04-27 | Battleship | 1.22 | 4.73 | 5.19 | 0.47 |
2022-04-27 | Deep Sea Adventure | 1.17 | 6.74 | 7.21 | 0.47 |
2022-04-27 | Can't Stop | 1.15 | 6.70 | 7.17 | 0.47 |
2022-04-27 | Taboo | 1.21 | 6.13 | 6.59 | 0.46 |
2022-04-27 | Point Salad | 1.16 | 7.02 | 7.48 | 0.46 |
2022-04-27 | KLASK | 1.08 | 7.21 | 7.67 | 0.46 |
2022-04-27 | Wavelength | 1.11 | 7.00 | 7.46 | 0.45 |
2022-04-27 | Timeline: Inventions | 1.10 | 6.46 | 6.91 | 0.45 |
2022-04-27 | Ghost Blitz | 1.15 | 6.44 | 6.90 | 0.45 |
2022-04-27 | Guillotine | 1.27 | 6.40 | 6.85 | 0.45 |
2022-04-27 | Chutes and Ladders | 1.03 | 3.62 | 4.07 | 0.45 |
2022-04-27 | PitchCar | 1.13 | 7.00 | 7.44 | 0.45 |
Let’s restrict to games inside the BGG Top 100 and see how these games are affected.
date | name | geekrating | adjustedrating | rank_diff |
2022-04-27 | Ticket to Ride: 10th Anniversary | 7.53 | 7.62 | 76 |
2022-04-27 | Crokinole | 7.69 | 8.08 | 59 |
2022-04-27 | Azul | 7.68 | 7.88 | 57 |
2022-04-27 | The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 7.69 | 7.77 | 49 |
2022-04-27 | Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 7.65 | 7.59 | 46 |
2022-04-27 | The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 7.76 | 7.81 | 40 |
2022-04-27 | 7 Wonders | 7.62 | 7.51 | 34 |
2022-04-27 | Mechs vs. Minions | 7.71 | 7.54 | 23 |
2022-04-27 | Wingspan | 7.94 | 7.78 | 14 |
2022-04-27 | 7 Wonders Duel | 7.98 | 7.93 | 13 |
2022-04-27 | The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth | 7.54 | 7.37 | 12 |
2022-04-27 | Lords of Waterdeep | 7.62 | 7.42 | 8 |
2022-04-27 | Dominion: Intrigue | 7.55 | 7.36 | 7 |
2022-04-27 | Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 7.77 | 7.51 | 4 |
2022-04-27 | Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated | 7.88 | 7.60 | 3 |
2022-04-27 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 8.43 | 8.01 | 0 |
2022-04-27 | Raiders of the North Sea | 7.54 | 7.30 | -12 |
2022-04-27 | Everdell | 7.88 | 7.52 | -13 |
2022-04-27 | Dune: Imperium | 8.03 | 7.57 | -13 |
2022-04-27 | Terraforming Mars | 8.27 | 7.64 | -16 |
2022-04-27 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 7.81 | 7.47 | -17 |
2022-04-27 | Lost Ruins of Arnak | 7.87 | 7.45 | -26 |
2022-04-27 | Gloomhaven | 8.49 | 7.57 | -29 |
2022-04-27 | Aeon's End | 7.66 | 7.33 | -31 |
2022-04-27 | The Castles of Burgundy | 8.01 | 7.48 | -31 |
2022-04-27 | Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 8.27 | 7.52 | -34 |
2022-04-27 | Viticulture Essential Edition | 7.89 | 7.45 | -36 |
2022-04-27 | The Castles of Burgundy | 7.76 | 7.35 | -40 |
2022-04-27 | The 7th Continent | 7.69 | 7.32 | -42 |
2022-04-27 | Blood Rage | 7.81 | 7.39 | -42 |
2022-04-27 | Concordia | 7.97 | 7.44 | -47 |
2022-04-27 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 | 7.67 | 7.27 | -50 |
2022-04-27 | Architects of the West Kingdom | 7.58 | 7.22 | -53 |
2022-04-27 | Orléans | 7.88 | 7.35 | -60 |
2022-04-27 | Nemesis | 7.99 | 7.39 | -63 |
2022-04-27 | Brass: Birmingham | 8.42 | 7.43 | -64 |
2022-04-27 | Five Tribes | 7.64 | 7.21 | -70 |
2022-04-27 | Scythe | 8.06 | 7.34 | -79 |
2022-04-27 | Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy | 7.88 | 7.24 | -95 |
2022-04-27 | Star Wars: Rebellion | 8.17 | 7.30 | -96 |
2022-04-27 | Twilight Struggle | 8.11 | 7.28 | -97 |
2022-04-27 | Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon | 7.59 | 7.14 | -103 |
2022-04-27 | Race for the Galaxy | 7.65 | 7.13 | -120 |
2022-04-27 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 7.78 | 7.17 | -122 |
2022-04-27 | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 7.93 | 7.21 | -122 |
2022-04-27 | Puerto Rico | 7.83 | 7.18 | -127 |
2022-04-27 | Great Western Trail | 8.12 | 7.21 | -131 |
2022-04-27 | Puerto Rico | 7.62 | 7.10 | -133 |
2022-04-27 | El Grande | 7.57 | 7.04 | -148 |
2022-04-27 | Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 7.71 | 7.11 | -150 |
2022-04-27 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 8.25 | 7.17 | -158 |
2022-04-27 | The Voyages of Marco Polo | 7.63 | 7.03 | -165 |
2022-04-27 | Power Grid | 7.73 | 7.06 | -173 |
2022-04-27 | Grand Austria Hotel | 7.61 | 7.01 | -174 |
2022-04-27 | Too Many Bones | 7.81 | 7.03 | -202 |
2022-04-27 | Spirit Island | 8.14 | 7.10 | -204 |
2022-04-27 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 8.14 | 7.08 | -211 |
2022-04-27 | Rising Sun | 7.53 | 6.94 | -214 |
2022-04-27 | Android: Netrunner | 7.66 | 6.98 | -214 |
2022-04-27 | Eldritch Horror | 7.54 | 6.94 | -222 |
2022-04-27 | Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | 7.56 | 6.94 | -223 |
2022-04-27 | Root | 7.89 | 7.01 | -225 |
2022-04-27 | Clans of Caledonia | 7.72 | 6.98 | -226 |
2022-04-27 | Underwater Cities | 7.78 | 6.98 | -231 |
2022-04-27 | A Feast for Odin | 7.96 | 7.01 | -232 |
2022-04-27 | Lorenzo il Magnifico | 7.53 | 6.91 | -244 |
2022-04-27 | Agricola (Revised Edition) | 7.62 | 6.92 | -247 |
2022-04-27 | Pax Pamir: Second Edition | 7.78 | 6.97 | -249 |
2022-04-27 | Brass: Lancashire | 7.97 | 6.98 | -253 |
2022-04-27 | Kingdom Death: Monster | 7.72 | 6.95 | -254 |
2022-04-27 | Agricola | 7.80 | 6.93 | -281 |
2022-04-27 | Keyflower | 7.58 | 6.88 | -288 |
2022-04-27 | Gaia Project | 8.17 | 6.96 | -294 |
2022-04-27 | Terra Mystica | 7.96 | 6.91 | -316 |
2022-04-27 | Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 7.82 | 6.88 | -333 |
2022-04-27 | Paladins of the West Kingdom | 7.67 | 6.85 | -339 |
2022-04-27 | Maracaibo | 7.78 | 6.86 | -347 |
2022-04-27 | Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 7.74 | 6.85 | -355 |
2022-04-27 | Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 8.14 | 6.87 | -369 |
2022-04-27 | Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition | 7.80 | 6.84 | -372 |
2022-04-27 | Troyes | 7.55 | 6.79 | -385 |
2022-04-27 | Eclipse | 7.67 | 6.80 | -397 |
2022-04-27 | Barrage | 7.80 | 6.81 | -416 |
2022-04-27 | Tigris & Euphrates | 7.53 | 6.75 | -418 |
2022-04-27 | Le Havre | 7.71 | 6.78 | -424 |
2022-04-27 | Anachrony | 7.76 | 6.78 | -436 |
2022-04-27 | Teotihuacan: City of Gods | 7.64 | 6.75 | -443 |
2022-04-27 | Fields of Arle | 7.64 | 6.75 | -447 |
2022-04-27 | Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island | 7.64 | 6.71 | -498 |
2022-04-27 | Food Chain Magnate | 7.83 | 6.70 | -553 |
2022-04-27 | Kanban EV | 7.54 | 6.65 | -560 |
2022-04-27 | Mage Knight Board Game | 7.87 | 6.67 | -588 |
2022-04-27 | Caylus | 7.57 | 6.63 | -590 |
2022-04-27 | Mombasa | 7.54 | 6.61 | -631 |
2022-04-27 | The Gallerist | 7.69 | 6.57 | -710 |
2022-04-27 | Dominant Species | 7.61 | 6.55 | -732 |
2022-04-27 | Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization | 7.66 | 6.53 | -779 |
2022-04-27 | Lisboa | 7.69 | 6.49 | -859 |
2022-04-27 | On Mars | 7.72 | 6.50 | -859 |
2022-04-27 | Twilight Imperium: Third Edition | 7.55 | 6.42 | -954 |
It’s important to remember that this is meant to be a ranking list for someone who sees complexity as a negative moreso than a positive. Terra Mystica and Gaia Project might be great games for someone like me who is into the hobby, but would it rank highly for someone who isn’t that keen on games? Probably not.
The list of complexity adjusted games is pretty great for recommending games to a beginner, but it’s not as helpful for people who have been in the hobby longer. If you do like more complex games, what list should you look at? The Geek list as it currently stands is still probably good, but its not without its problems.
The Geek Ratings are heavily skewed towards games that have been released in recent years: all of the top 10 games were released after 2015, and only 5 of the top 50 were released prior to 2010. Either we truly seeing the pinnacle of game design in the last 10 years (this is possible), or it means that the BGG users have a tendency to seek out and rate the hotness, which skews the list towards recent games.
yearpublished | game_id | name | rank | bayesaverage |
2017 | 174430 | Gloomhaven | 1 | 8.49 |
2015 | 161936 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2 | 8.43 |
2018 | 224517 | Brass: Birmingham | 3 | 8.42 |
2020 | 291457 | Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 4 | 8.27 |
2016 | 167791 | Terraforming Mars | 5 | 8.27 |
2017 | 233078 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 6 | 8.25 |
2017 | 220308 | Gaia Project | 7 | 8.17 |
2016 | 187645 | Star Wars: Rebellion | 8 | 8.17 |
2017 | 162886 | Spirit Island | 9 | 8.14 |
2011 | 115746 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 10 | 8.14 |
2015 | 182028 | Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 11 | 8.14 |
2016 | 193738 | Great Western Trail | 12 | 8.12 |
2005 | 12333 | Twilight Struggle | 13 | 8.11 |
2016 | 169786 | Scythe | 14 | 8.06 |
2020 | 316554 | Dune: Imperium | 15 | 8.03 |
2011 | 84876 | The Castles of Burgundy | 16 | 8.01 |
2018 | 167355 | Nemesis | 17 | 7.99 |
2015 | 173346 | 7 Wonders Duel | 18 | 7.98 |
2013 | 124361 | Concordia | 19 | 7.97 |
2007 | 28720 | Brass: Lancashire | 20 | 7.97 |
2012 | 120677 | Terra Mystica | 21 | 7.96 |
2016 | 177736 | A Feast for Odin | 22 | 7.96 |
2019 | 266192 | Wingspan | 23 | 7.94 |
2016 | 205637 | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 24 | 7.93 |
2021 | 342942 | Ark Nova | 25 | 7.92 |
2018 | 237182 | Root | 26 | 7.89 |
2015 | 183394 | Viticulture Essential Edition | 27 | 7.89 |
2019 | 266507 | Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated | 28 | 7.88 |
2018 | 199792 | Everdell | 29 | 7.88 |
2014 | 164928 | Orléans | 30 | 7.88 |
2020 | 246900 | Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy | 31 | 7.88 |
2011 | 96848 | Mage Knight Board Game | 32 | 7.87 |
2020 | 312484 | Lost Ruins of Arnak | 33 | 7.87 |
2015 | 175914 | Food Chain Magnate | 34 | 7.83 |
2002 | 3076 | Puerto Rico | 35 | 7.83 |
2013 | 102794 | Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 36 | 7.82 |
2019 | 285774 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 37 | 7.81 |
2015 | 170216 | Blood Rage | 38 | 7.81 |
2017 | 192135 | Too Many Bones | 39 | 7.81 |
2019 | 251247 | Barrage | 40 | 7.80 |
2007 | 31260 | Agricola | 41 | 7.80 |
2018 | 248562 | Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition | 42 | 7.80 |
2019 | 276025 | Maracaibo | 43 | 7.78 |
2018 | 247763 | Underwater Cities | 44 | 7.78 |
2019 | 256960 | Pax Pamir: Second Edition | 45 | 7.78 |
2017 | 221107 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 46 | 7.78 |
2016 | 205059 | Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 47 | 7.77 |
2019 | 284083 | The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 48 | 7.76 |
2019 | 271320 | The Castles of Burgundy | 49 | 7.76 |
2017 | 185343 | Anachrony | 50 | 7.76 |
Why do newer games so quickly climb the geek list? I would argue that this due to the fact that the geek rating doesn’t use enough votes to start its Bayesian average. 1800 votes or so was probably a good prior for when board games had a much smaller audience, but as BGG and the hobby has grown, newer games rapidly attract enough user ratings that they manage to quickly overtake this prior.
If we plot the average and median user ratings for games published in each year, we can see how more recently published games draw lots of user ratings (though this does start to taper off for games in the last 1-2 years, though we would expect this to go up as these games accumulate user ratings).

This isn’t a problem per se, but it does mean that two games might actually be pretty similar in quality, but the one released more recently draws lots of user ratings, and so it gets a big boost to its rating on the Geek list.
I’m not going to argue that this is a fundamental flaw in the rating that the site uses. But I do think it has changed the meaning of the rating over time. Presumably, the idea behind using the Bayesian average is to indicate games that combine both popularity and a high rating. On some level, we’d like the ratings to be that intersection of ‘these are games that have been well received and are very popular’.
If we back to that plot of game averages plotted against logged user ratings, this basically means finding games that are at the top of the ‘mountain’. But I’ve highlighted the games in the top 100 to show that this isn’t quite the case with the geek rating. Popularity ends up mattering less than we might want it to, given the relationship between the two components.

Fortunately for us, we can adjust for this in a pretty simple way by upping the number of baseline 5.5 votes for every single game. Rather than using the 1800 or so that BGG uses, we’ll toggle the number of baseline ratings at various thresholds up to 100,000 votes and see how the rankings start to change. Games that maintain a high ranking at each threshold will be games that have both a large number of user ratings and a high average. Games that are sensitive to the number of baseline user ratings will be ones that are ‘inflated’ in the current ranking system.
What do we find? We can make a table of games with their rankings at different thresholds. There’s no getting around the fact that Gloomhaven is going to be a top game, it has an extremely high average with a lot of votes. The same goes for Terraforming Mars, which has an extremely high number of user ratings with a high average - if we set the number of baseline votes over 25k Terraforming Mars becomes the top game of all time.
Game Ranking | ||||||||||
# User Votes Added | ||||||||||
name | yearpublished | rank | avg_rank | 1k | 2k | 5k | 10k | 25k | 50k | 100k |
Gloomhaven | 2017 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Terraforming Mars | 2016 | 2 | 2.7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2015 | 3 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Scythe | 2016 | 4 | 7.9 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
7 Wonders Duel | 2015 | 5 | 10.1 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Brass: Birmingham | 2018 | 6 | 11.6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 29 |
Twilight Struggle | 2005 | 7 | 12.1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 18 |
Spirit Island | 2017 | 8 | 13.0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 26 |
Wingspan | 2019 | 9 | 13.1 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
The Castles of Burgundy | 2011 | 10 | 14.6 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
Great Western Trail | 2016 | 11 | 17.4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 27 |
Terra Mystica | 2012 | 12 | 19.3 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 21 |
Star Wars: Rebellion | 2016 | 13 | 20.0 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 41 |
Puerto Rico | 2002 | 14 | 20.4 | 51 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 2016 | 15 | 23.1 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 29 | 32 |
Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 2015 | 16 | 23.6 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 38 | 45 |
Agricola | 2007 | 17 | 24.3 | 59 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Root | 2018 | 18 | 27.6 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 32 | 34 |
Concordia | 2013 | 19 | 27.7 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 33 | 36 |
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 2020 | 20 | 28.0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 57 | 63 |
Viticulture Essential Edition | 2015 | 21 | 28.9 | 40 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 30 |
Everdell | 2018 | 22 | 31.1 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 37 |
Blood Rage | 2015 | 23 | 32.4 | 52 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 28 |
Gaia Project | 2017 | 24 | 32.6 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 45 | 59 | 65 |
Power Grid | 2004 | 25 | 33.1 | 75 | 53 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Azul | 2017 | 26 | 34.7 | 84 | 57 | 37 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Mage Knight Board Game | 2011 | 27 | 34.9 | 37 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 35 | 40 | 47 |
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 2017 | 28 | 35.6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 51 | 68 | 85 |
7 Wonders | 2010 | 29 | 36.0 | 101 | 69 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Nemesis | 2018 | 30 | 40.1 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 31 | 56 | 65 | 79 |
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 2016 | 31 | 41.3 | 47 | 38 | 34 | 33 | 40 | 45 | 52 |
Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 2013 | 32 | 42.6 | 54 | 41 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 50 |
Dune: Imperium | 2020 | 33 | 44.1 | 19 | 16 | 24 | 36 | 61 | 71 | 82 |
A Feast for Odin | 2016 | 34 | 44.3 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 39 | 59 | 64 | 72 |
Orléans | 2014 | 35 | 44.7 | 41 | 35 | 33 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 60 |
Race for the Galaxy | 2007 | 36 | 44.9 | 94 | 72 | 41 | 32 | 27 | 24 | 24 |
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 2012 | 37 | 46.6 | 70 | 54 | 39 | 42 | 38 | 41 | 42 |
War of the Ring: Second Edition | 2011 | 38 | 46.9 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 70 | 87 | 97 |
Brass: Lancashire | 2007 | 39 | 47.3 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 43 | 62 | 66 | 77 |
Lords of Waterdeep | 2012 | 40 | 47.3 | 97 | 75 | 43 | 37 | 28 | 26 | 25 |
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island | 2012 | 41 | 50.4 | 85 | 66 | 45 | 44 | 37 | 37 | 39 |
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 2019 | 42 | 50.9 | 62 | 48 | 40 | 46 | 50 | 55 | 55 |
Lost Ruins of Arnak | 2020 | 43 | 52.4 | 38 | 32 | 36 | 47 | 66 | 70 | 78 |
The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 2018 | 44 | 53.0 | 80 | 61 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 46 | 51 |
Pandemic | 2008 | 45 | 53.7 | 166 | 104 | 54 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
Dominion | 2008 | 46 | 54.4 | 151 | 98 | 55 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 12 |
Five Tribes | 2014 | 47 | 55.9 | 91 | 73 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 43 |
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 2016 | 48 | 56.4 | 86 | 67 | 49 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 49 |
Le Havre | 2008 | 49 | 59.0 | 78 | 63 | 47 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 59 |
Codenames | 2015 | 50 | 59.7 | 164 | 105 | 57 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 14 |
Android: Netrunner | 2012 | 51 | 60.3 | 76 | 62 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 61 | 61 |
Patchwork | 2014 | 52 | 62.1 | 145 | 100 | 59 | 48 | 33 | 27 | 23 |
Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 2014 | 53 | 63.0 | 57 | 45 | 46 | 58 | 72 | 77 | 86 |
Eclipse | 2011 | 54 | 63.0 | 79 | 64 | 51 | 57 | 63 | 63 | 64 |
Eldritch Horror | 2013 | 55 | 63.6 | 95 | 79 | 56 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 54 |
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | 2008 | 56 | 65.7 | 107 | 84 | 58 | 56 | 49 | 53 | 53 |
Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 2019 | 57 | 70.7 | 32 | 33 | 42 | 66 | 96 | 110 | 116 |
The 7th Continent | 2017 | 58 | 71.9 | 58 | 51 | 53 | 63 | 82 | 94 | 102 |
Ticket to Ride: Europe | 2005 | 59 | 71.9 | 186 | 125 | 69 | 51 | 31 | 21 | 20 |
Dominion: Intrigue | 2009 | 60 | 75.6 | 125 | 94 | 66 | 62 | 64 | 60 | 58 |
Food Chain Magnate | 2015 | 61 | 77.1 | 44 | 43 | 52 | 69 | 98 | 114 | 120 |
Caylus | 2005 | 62 | 77.3 | 111 | 89 | 67 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 69 |
Stone Age | 2008 | 63 | 80.9 | 188 | 133 | 75 | 59 | 42 | 36 | 33 |
The Voyages of Marco Polo | 2015 | 64 | 82.0 | 90 | 80 | 65 | 70 | 81 | 92 | 96 |
Clans of Caledonia | 2017 | 65 | 84.0 | 64 | 58 | 60 | 76 | 102 | 113 | 115 |
El Grande | 1995 | 66 | 85.3 | 113 | 92 | 71 | 71 | 77 | 85 | 88 |
Star Realms | 2014 | 67 | 86.3 | 179 | 128 | 79 | 64 | 54 | 52 | 48 |
Carcassonne | 2000 | 68 | 86.3 | 263 | 168 | 81 | 52 | 21 | 12 | 7 |
Tigris & Euphrates | 1997 | 69 | 88.1 | 131 | 101 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 84 |
Architects of the West Kingdom | 2018 | 70 | 88.3 | 102 | 87 | 72 | 75 | 85 | 96 | 101 |
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization | 2006 | 71 | 89.4 | 82 | 74 | 70 | 78 | 101 | 109 | 112 |
Mechs vs. Minions | 2016 | 72 | 92.1 | 61 | 56 | 68 | 82 | 114 | 129 | 135 |
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game | 2014 | 73 | 92.7 | 208 | 141 | 88 | 67 | 53 | 48 | 44 |
Anachrony | 2017 | 74 | 93.3 | 46 | 46 | 62 | 86 | 125 | 140 | 148 |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 2017 | 75 | 93.3 | 49 | 49 | 63 | 85 | 123 | 137 | 147 |
Roll for the Galaxy | 2014 | 76 | 93.7 | 161 | 114 | 85 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 74 |
Splendor | 2014 | 77 | 95.0 | 257 | 170 | 91 | 61 | 36 | 28 | 22 |
Dominant Species | 2010 | 78 | 95.1 | 93 | 86 | 78 | 80 | 105 | 111 | 113 |
Ticket to Ride | 2004 | 79 | 97.1 | 277 | 176 | 94 | 60 | 34 | 20 | 19 |
Underwater Cities | 2018 | 80 | 97.4 | 48 | 52 | 64 | 93 | 130 | 145 | 150 |
Keyflower | 2012 | 81 | 98.6 | 112 | 95 | 84 | 84 | 99 | 106 | 110 |
Jaipur | 2009 | 82 | 99.7 | 229 | 152 | 96 | 68 | 57 | 50 | 46 |
Twilight Imperium: Third Edition | 2005 | 83 | 100.1 | 98 | 88 | 83 | 91 | 108 | 115 | 118 |
Magic: The Gathering | 1993 | 84 | 100.3 | 204 | 142 | 97 | 73 | 68 | 62 | 56 |
Aeon's End | 2016 | 85 | 100.9 | 65 | 65 | 73 | 96 | 126 | 136 | 145 |
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) | 2011 | 86 | 103.0 | 190 | 139 | 100 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 68 |
Troyes | 2010 | 87 | 103.7 | 124 | 102 | 89 | 90 | 103 | 107 | 111 |
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game | 2012 | 88 | 103.7 | 152 | 115 | 95 | 83 | 88 | 95 | 98 |
Rising Sun | 2018 | 89 | 104.3 | 100 | 91 | 86 | 95 | 112 | 121 | 125 |
Teotihuacan: City of Gods | 2018 | 90 | 104.7 | 83 | 78 | 80 | 101 | 121 | 132 | 138 |
Raiders of the North Sea | 2015 | 91 | 106.9 | 115 | 99 | 90 | 97 | 111 | 117 | 119 |
Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) | 2012 | 92 | 107.3 | 158 | 118 | 101 | 87 | 91 | 97 | 99 |
The Resistance: Avalon | 2012 | 93 | 110.9 | 203 | 148 | 106 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 81 |
Maracaibo | 2019 | 94 | 111.3 | 43 | 47 | 74 | 110 | 154 | 171 | 180 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game | 2011 | 95 | 113.6 | 160 | 123 | 104 | 99 | 100 | 103 | 106 |
Grand Austria Hotel | 2015 | 96 | 114.3 | 87 | 85 | 92 | 107 | 133 | 147 | 149 |
Istanbul | 2014 | 97 | 114.7 | 200 | 145 | 107 | 89 | 84 | 88 | 90 |
Crokinole | 1876 | 98 | 115.3 | 74 | 76 | 87 | 109 | 141 | 157 | 163 |
Sagrada | 2017 | 99 | 116.6 | 235 | 166 | 114 | 81 | 76 | 74 | 70 |
Cosmic Encounter | 2008 | 100 | 116.9 | 216 | 157 | 111 | 88 | 80 | 83 | 83 |
There’s no correct number of votes to add, but it is interesting to see how games are affected by having more votes. If we add 100k votes we basically end up with a list that penalizes recent games to enter the top 100 (Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion, Marvel Champions, Rising Sun, Underwater Cities, Dune Imperium) and provides a boost to some of the pillars of the board game renaissance Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, 7 Wonders, Puerto Rico, Agricola. Man, evidently Terraforming Mars is really good?
What are the top games if use a prior with 100k votes rater than 1k?
Game Ranking | ||||||||||
# User Votes Added | ||||||||||
name | yearpublished | rank | avg_rank | 1k | 2k | 5k | 10k | 25k | 50k | 100k |
Terraforming Mars | 2016 | 2 | 2.7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
7 Wonders Duel | 2015 | 5 | 10.1 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Pandemic | 2008 | 45 | 53.7 | 166 | 104 | 54 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
Scythe | 2016 | 4 | 7.9 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Gloomhaven | 2017 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 Wonders | 2010 | 29 | 36.0 | 101 | 69 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Carcassonne | 2000 | 68 | 86.3 | 263 | 168 | 81 | 52 | 21 | 12 | 7 |
Wingspan | 2019 | 9 | 13.1 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Puerto Rico | 2002 | 14 | 20.4 | 51 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2015 | 3 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Agricola | 2007 | 17 | 24.3 | 59 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Dominion | 2008 | 46 | 54.4 | 151 | 98 | 55 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 12 |
Azul | 2017 | 26 | 34.7 | 84 | 57 | 37 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Codenames | 2015 | 50 | 59.7 | 164 | 105 | 57 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 14 |
The Castles of Burgundy | 2011 | 10 | 14.6 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
Power Grid | 2004 | 25 | 33.1 | 75 | 53 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Catan | 1995 | 158 | 175.7 | 537 | 337 | 170 | 98 | 46 | 25 | 17 |
Twilight Struggle | 2005 | 7 | 12.1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 18 |
Ticket to Ride | 2004 | 79 | 97.1 | 277 | 176 | 94 | 60 | 34 | 20 | 19 |
Ticket to Ride: Europe | 2005 | 59 | 71.9 | 186 | 125 | 69 | 51 | 31 | 21 | 20 |
Terra Mystica | 2012 | 12 | 19.3 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 21 |
Splendor | 2014 | 77 | 95.0 | 257 | 170 | 91 | 61 | 36 | 28 | 22 |
Patchwork | 2014 | 52 | 62.1 | 145 | 100 | 59 | 48 | 33 | 27 | 23 |
Race for the Galaxy | 2007 | 36 | 44.9 | 94 | 72 | 41 | 32 | 27 | 24 | 24 |
Lords of Waterdeep | 2012 | 40 | 47.3 | 97 | 75 | 43 | 37 | 28 | 26 | 25 |
Spirit Island | 2017 | 8 | 13.0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 26 |
Great Western Trail | 2016 | 11 | 17.4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 27 |
Blood Rage | 2015 | 23 | 32.4 | 52 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 28 |
Brass: Birmingham | 2018 | 6 | 11.6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 29 |
Viticulture Essential Edition | 2015 | 21 | 28.9 | 40 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 30 |
Small World | 2009 | 133 | 152.6 | 425 | 272 | 151 | 92 | 58 | 39 | 31 |
Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 2016 | 15 | 23.1 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 29 | 32 |
Stone Age | 2008 | 63 | 80.9 | 188 | 133 | 75 | 59 | 42 | 36 | 33 |
Root | 2018 | 18 | 27.6 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 32 | 34 |
Love Letter | 2012 | 140 | 159.1 | 435 | 281 | 155 | 100 | 65 | 43 | 35 |
Concordia | 2013 | 19 | 27.7 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 33 | 36 |
Everdell | 2018 | 22 | 31.1 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 37 |
King of Tokyo | 2011 | 165 | 182.1 | 503 | 325 | 179 | 112 | 69 | 49 | 38 |
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island | 2012 | 41 | 50.4 | 85 | 66 | 45 | 44 | 37 | 37 | 39 |
Dixit | 2008 | 142 | 161.9 | 432 | 282 | 158 | 103 | 67 | 51 | 40 |
Star Wars: Rebellion | 2016 | 13 | 20.0 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 41 |
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 2012 | 37 | 46.6 | 70 | 54 | 39 | 42 | 38 | 41 | 42 |
Five Tribes | 2014 | 47 | 55.9 | 91 | 73 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 43 |
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game | 2014 | 73 | 92.7 | 208 | 141 | 88 | 67 | 53 | 48 | 44 |
Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 2015 | 16 | 23.6 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 38 | 45 |
Jaipur | 2009 | 82 | 99.7 | 229 | 152 | 96 | 68 | 57 | 50 | 46 |
Mage Knight Board Game | 2011 | 27 | 34.9 | 37 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 35 | 40 | 47 |
Star Realms | 2014 | 67 | 86.3 | 179 | 128 | 79 | 64 | 54 | 52 | 48 |
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 2016 | 48 | 56.4 | 86 | 67 | 49 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 49 |
Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 2013 | 32 | 42.6 | 54 | 41 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 50 |
The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 2018 | 44 | 53.0 | 80 | 61 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 46 | 51 |
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 2016 | 31 | 41.3 | 47 | 38 | 34 | 33 | 40 | 45 | 52 |
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | 2008 | 56 | 65.7 | 107 | 84 | 58 | 56 | 49 | 53 | 53 |
Eldritch Horror | 2013 | 55 | 63.6 | 95 | 79 | 56 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 54 |
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 2019 | 42 | 50.9 | 62 | 48 | 40 | 46 | 50 | 55 | 55 |
Magic: The Gathering | 1993 | 84 | 100.3 | 204 | 142 | 97 | 73 | 68 | 62 | 56 |
Citadels | 2000 | 210 | 231.9 | 613 | 412 | 228 | 151 | 90 | 72 | 57 |
Dominion: Intrigue | 2009 | 60 | 75.6 | 125 | 94 | 66 | 62 | 64 | 60 | 58 |
Le Havre | 2008 | 49 | 59.0 | 78 | 63 | 47 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 59 |
Orléans | 2014 | 35 | 44.7 | 41 | 35 | 33 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 60 |
Android: Netrunner | 2012 | 51 | 60.3 | 76 | 62 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 61 | 61 |
Kingdomino | 2016 | 129 | 146.9 | 341 | 231 | 145 | 104 | 78 | 67 | 62 |
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 2020 | 20 | 28.0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 57 | 63 |
Eclipse | 2011 | 54 | 63.0 | 79 | 64 | 51 | 57 | 63 | 63 | 64 |
Gaia Project | 2017 | 24 | 32.6 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 45 | 59 | 65 |
Takenoko | 2011 | 161 | 178.1 | 431 | 289 | 173 | 125 | 87 | 76 | 66 |
Lost Cities | 1999 | 177 | 197.9 | 488 | 321 | 194 | 140 | 94 | 81 | 67 |
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) | 2011 | 86 | 103.0 | 190 | 139 | 100 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 68 |
Caylus | 2005 | 62 | 77.3 | 111 | 89 | 67 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 69 |
Sagrada | 2017 | 99 | 116.6 | 235 | 166 | 114 | 81 | 76 | 74 | 70 |
The Resistance | 2009 | 162 | 180.0 | 426 | 287 | 174 | 131 | 89 | 82 | 71 |
A Feast for Odin | 2016 | 34 | 44.3 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 39 | 59 | 64 | 72 |
Arkham Horror | 2005 | 168 | 185.1 | 437 | 298 | 178 | 134 | 92 | 84 | 73 |
Roll for the Galaxy | 2014 | 76 | 93.7 | 161 | 114 | 85 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 74 |
Santorini | 2016 | 118 | 137.4 | 288 | 202 | 133 | 102 | 83 | 79 | 75 |
Mysterium | 2015 | 159 | 177.1 | 408 | 278 | 169 | 130 | 93 | 86 | 76 |
Brass: Lancashire | 2007 | 39 | 47.3 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 43 | 62 | 66 | 77 |
Lost Ruins of Arnak | 2020 | 43 | 52.4 | 38 | 32 | 36 | 47 | 66 | 70 | 78 |
Nemesis | 2018 | 30 | 40.1 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 31 | 56 | 65 | 79 |
Hanabi | 2010 | 226 | 249.9 | 634 | 427 | 245 | 162 | 110 | 91 | 80 |
The Resistance: Avalon | 2012 | 93 | 110.9 | 203 | 148 | 106 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 81 |
Dune: Imperium | 2020 | 33 | 44.1 | 19 | 16 | 24 | 36 | 61 | 71 | 82 |
Cosmic Encounter | 2008 | 100 | 116.9 | 216 | 157 | 111 | 88 | 80 | 83 | 83 |
Tigris & Euphrates | 1997 | 69 | 88.1 | 131 | 101 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 84 |
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 2017 | 28 | 35.6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 51 | 68 | 85 |
Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 2014 | 53 | 63.0 | 57 | 45 | 46 | 58 | 72 | 77 | 86 |
Galaxy Trucker | 2007 | 134 | 152.7 | 315 | 221 | 148 | 114 | 95 | 89 | 87 |
El Grande | 1995 | 66 | 85.3 | 113 | 92 | 71 | 71 | 77 | 85 | 88 |
Betrayal at House on the Hill | 2004 | 239 | 261.0 | 654 | 443 | 252 | 176 | 115 | 98 | 89 |
Istanbul | 2014 | 97 | 114.7 | 200 | 145 | 107 | 89 | 84 | 88 | 90 |
Bohnanza | 1997 | 245 | 265.6 | 665 | 450 | 258 | 180 | 116 | 99 | 91 |
Hive | 2000 | 150 | 170.4 | 370 | 251 | 163 | 127 | 97 | 93 | 92 |
Memoir '44 | 2004 | 101 | 118.9 | 206 | 150 | 113 | 94 | 86 | 90 | 93 |
Sushi Go! | 2013 | 253 | 273.6 | 685 | 458 | 269 | 184 | 124 | 101 | 94 |
Coup | 2012 | 271 | 294.6 | 748 | 498 | 291 | 195 | 131 | 104 | 95 |
The Voyages of Marco Polo | 2015 | 64 | 82.0 | 90 | 80 | 65 | 70 | 81 | 92 | 96 |
War of the Ring: Second Edition | 2011 | 38 | 46.9 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 70 | 87 | 97 |
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game | 2012 | 88 | 103.7 | 152 | 115 | 95 | 83 | 88 | 95 | 98 |
Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) | 2012 | 92 | 107.3 | 158 | 118 | 101 | 87 | 91 | 97 | 99 |
Sushi Go Party! | 2016 | 132 | 151.4 | 289 | 207 | 143 | 117 | 104 | 100 | 100 |
Adding 100k votes gives us the list of games that more or less maps to the evergreen games of the last two decades, and actually shows a decent balance of complex and simple games. I would argue that is is a stronger list to look at for people who are interested in the hobby but aren’t necessarily going to be interested in chasing the hotness.
Going back to ‘the mountain’ visual, what games does this set of rankings end up prioritizing?

Hooray! That’s about what I was hoping to see.
I’ll now put this same information into a datatable to make it a bit more interactive, you can sort and search for any game and see how it compares across the different thresholds.